Ivan Bilibin became famous for his illustrations of Russian fairy tales, he even formed his own special “Bilibin” style with rich ornaments around the drawings, impeccably accurate depiction of Russian old costume and everyday objects, and memorable fairy tale images that have now become canonical.
Vasilisa the Beautiful leaving Baba Yaga's house. Illustration for the fairy tale “Vasilisa the Beautiful”
In just 40 years of his creative activity, he created a lot of impressive drawings, and the collection of Russian fairy tales with illustrations by Bilibin is successfully reprinted to this day. By the way, his wonderful portrait was created in 1901 by Boris Kustodiev, and it shows that the man Bilibin was prominent, and gained fame as a real heartbreaker.
Boris Kustodiev. Portrait of Ivan Bilibin
Why, a talented person should live a full life, although Bilibin sometimes understood this too literally and regularly went on binges. But you can't beat the skill: even at the end of his life his paintings were elaborate and no less talented than in his best years.
Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka.
Boris Dekhterev proved himself as a true master of watercolor and an artist who defined the image of children's books in the Soviet Union. His drawings were austere and at the same time noble, without excessive brightness and garishness, but at the same time carefully worked out and detailed, like paintings by the old masters.
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Rich Men”
It was Dekhterev who created the familiar images of Cinderella, Cat in Boots, Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood for all those who were born and lived in the Soviet Union, and drew the now-canonical illustrations for Pushkin's fairy tales, which are sure to have fallen into the hearts of many young readers.
Thirty-three bogatyrs. Illustration for The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Having received the prestigious and responsible position of chief artist in the publishing house “Children's Literature”, Dekhterev formed certain, rather high requirements for children's illustration, it is only a pity that later publishers and artists forgot about them and filled the market with books with garish drawings created in five minutes “on the knee”, i.e. in a graphic editor.
Gleb Smirnov. Portrait by artist Boris Dekhterev
The artist remembers how back in his Soviet childhood he had a wonderful book “Sack of Apples” with illustrations and text by Vladimir Suteyev. However, he did not pay attention to the name of the artist and storybook writer at that time, focusing more on the excellent illustrations and the simple but instructive story.
Vladimir Suteev. A sack of apples
But Vladimir Suteev probably drew not for fame, but simply because he loved his artwork. He was a true multi-tasker: cartoonist, illustrator, writer, and his drawings, more reminiscent of shots from a good Soviet cartoon, were liked by both children and adults. Thanks to Suteev's efforts, memorable images from the works of Marshak, Chukovsky and Mikhalkov received a graphic embodiment, and the importance of this artwork cannot be underestimated, because in childhood not everyone can clearly and vividly enough imagine what their favorite book characters looked like.
Vladimir Suteev. Illustration for the fairy tale “Who Said Meow?”
And they also helped to form a good taste, did not cause any rejection either in children or their parents - it is difficult to say about some modern children's illustrations, and developed imagination. So children's illustration is much more serious than it seems at first glance.
Funny old men and old women in endlessly kind and optimistic paintings by artist Leonid Baranov
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